Work, work, work. I love working. Free time is good, too, because I have a lot of projects to labor on at home, but I find industrious leisure even more satisfying when it’s married to steady, paid employment. And if a job is less than dreamy? Well. At least it’s fodder for my fiction. Or, […]

If you want to play on Planet Playground, there are two rules to remember: #1 Don’t break any laws. #2 Don’t break any BONES! Parkour is our urban family’s favorite outdoor hobby. We’ll climb on and jump off almost anything in our neighborhood! It’s good exercise and for bored kids (and parents) it’s a FAR […]

The family that plays together stays together, so I took my five year old ‘free-running’ Sunday, after the Amazing Snail Adventure. His balance and strength have come a long way since he first started leaping off our porch steps and scaring the bejeezus out of me a couple years ago! After our brief bout of […]

The best thing at the playground is the fire pole, apparently. Bastian spent our entire excursion climbing stairs and sliding down the fire pole – no wonder he can eat like a teenager and stay so slim! In the end, he convinced me to give it a go… It was easier to hold onto the […]